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3. The Planning Commission reviewed this application at a public hearing held on November 15, 2004 and recommended approval of the side setback variances based on the following findings: a. The applicants’ property has 22,215 s.f. or '/i acre in area and 90 ’ of width at the shore and 95 ’ of width at the 75’ setback. b. No additional land is available for acquisition by the applicants to make the property confonning in area or width. c. 1 he applicants arc proposing to reorient the roofiincs; no additional living space is proposed within the substandard setbacks. d. Due to the location of the home any additions or alterations to the west side of the house and detached garage require variances. c. There is no available land to purchase to make the e.xisting side setbacks confonning. f. The applicants’ are proposing to remove portions of nonconfomiing hardcover in conjunction with setback variance uiiprovals. g. Since the home and subsciiucnt addition were originally constructed the shoreline has eroded making the previously conforming lake setback nonconfonning. 4. The City Council has censidered this application including the findings and rc-ommendation of the Planning Commission, reports by City staff, comments by the applicant and the public, and the effect of the proposed variance on the health, safety and welfare of the community. 5. The City Council finds that the conditions e.xisting on this property are peculiar to it and do not apply generally to other property in this zoning district; that granting the variance would not adversely affect traffic conditions, light, air nor pose a fire hazard or other danger to neighboring propel ty; would not merely sci-vc as a convenience to the applicants, but is necessary to alleviate a demonstrable liardship or difficulty; is necessary to preserve a substantial property right of the applicants; and would be in Page 2 of 5